between the devil and the deep blue sea

JACK

Wham.

The cannon strike couldn’t really make a loud noise, given that it was muffled by the maw of the sea beast pressed against the ship, but it was certainly effective. Other members of the crew hacked and slashed at the tentacles coming from the other railing, but in the aftermath of the cannons the water stained slowly red. Very red. Tentacles began to loosen and release the ship.

And then a great fuck-off imaginary dragon appeared. Jack - too far away for his (currently pitiful) magic to pick up on what Eloise was doing, could only swear under his breath and try to hold the straining ship steady at the wheel with trembling hands. The remainder of his crew similarly blanched at the sight of whatever it was, and a couple of very unlucky ones even cast themselves overboard in terror.

Fucking brilliant.

The monster, at least, let out a strangely pitched keening, clearly not wanting to be a part of these shenanigans any longer, and plunged deep beneath the waves. And the cannons - well, they were already being reloaded to take aim at the dragon.

ELOISE

"Last time I checked, you were the cook." Eloise pointed out with a smirk. If anyone could handle something throbbing clinging to him, it was Saiden.

Shading her eyes to turn and look up at Jack, Eloise huffed out an annoyed sigh. "You could do that all along, but you led with zap it or something?" She demanded with a raised brow. Sure, the Captain had saved them from unhappily going down with their own ship, but criticism came second nature to the once entitled-blueblood. And as with Saiden, last she checked she was neither cook nor defender of this glorified floating raft. "Pew pew." She sang sarcastically, making finger-guns at the illusory dragon and watching as it died a dramatically death. Then throwing her hands dramatically into the air, Eloise stripped off the shift she was wearing to reveal...well, not much underneath. Stomping towards the bow she planned on ignoring the ever living fuck out of all sea creatures and men aboard the ship.


~FIN

i think i'll pass on the summer
don't wanna fall for it this time

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